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Re: Micranthemoides

To: aquatic-plants at actwin_com
Subject: Re: Micranthemoides
From: Erik Olson <erik at thekrib_com>
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 15:38:57 -0800 (PST)

On Mon, 14 Dec 1998, Dixon, Steven T. (Exchange) wrote:

> There is another plant named Micranthemum umbrosum, also from the SE
> USA, with opposite roundish paired leaves which are not pointed.  I have
> no experience with this plant, but it looks (from the pictures) like it
> grows quite similarly to H. micranthemoides.  I gather that these two
> plants were at one time regarded as member of the same genus, but no
> longer.

I picked up some umbrosum from Houston.  It's a very pretty plant, and its
leaves are much bigger than micranthemoides.  It also seems much more
demanding, required more light and fertilizer balance.  Florida Aquatic
Nurseries stocks it.

   - Erik

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Erik Olson
erik at thekrib dot com

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